I will be taking a short break as I travel away from home to go on vacation for a little bit. Regular blogging will continue on February 16 with our next destination: Dubai (subject to change, though not likely to change). In the meantime, I thought I would leave you some links to my favorite travel sites on the web.

Family on Bikes Follow this family (2 parents, 2 kids) as they travel from the top of Alaska to the bottom of Argentina… and blog about it! Sound impossible, well they’ve crossed the USA once before, and are already in the middle of Mexico. VERY interesting, inspiring and insightful…

When looking for arts inspiration, it’s always fun to see what is emerging. If your search takes you to a new country… even better. In Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts, is a great source for the cutting edge.

The recipe that forms the basis for your grocery list… yeah, you should save that recipe somewhere.

It is really difficult to find some recipes after you close the window.

Because the ingredient, that you went downtown to a more authentic ethnic grocery store to buy, doesn’t pop up in the dish’s recipe anymore.

At least none you can find.

When you decide to just go with a different recipe, and pass on that ingredient, save the new recipe.

It is really difficult to find some recipes after you close the window.

So now, you can’t find the two recipes you really wanted to try.

And have to use an alternate.

So be flexible, because while you may have made the whole experience more difficult than it needed to be.

Sometimes, you get a delicious result anyway.

So, this is my version of Mee Goreng… which I’ve also seen as Mie Goreng and Mi Goreng. On my initial search for a recipe from Singapore, I came across some sources that said “Mee Goreng” should be the national dish of Singapore, and I set my sights on making it.

After purchasing the ingredients for the disappearing recipe, I learned more about Mee Goreng. It’s a dish with roots in India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. There are a lot of restaurants in Singapore that serve Mee Goreng, and I figure if I were in Singapore, I would try it. So, I did. And I liked it. I loved it.

It’s the fusion of all those countries that make this dish so memorable. Curry. Soy Sauce. Chili sauce. Ketchup. Who knew that combination would be so delicious? There was even the added ingredient of Oyster Sauce in the mysterious disappearing recipe. Next time.

If you are looking to try the Singaporean version of Mee Goreng, here are some links:

Just kidding. As much as I would love to experience these suites, there are many reasons I would love to visit Singapore. I LOVE big cities, tall buildings, especially in the tropics. I plan to stop in Singapore for a week (or less) the next time I head over to Asia, so I’m really looking forward to learning more and would really love YOU to join me.

10,000 BC approximately The end of the ice age melts water enough to separate the land mass between modern-day mainland Australia and Tasmania.

1642 Abel Janszoom Tasman (of the Dutch East Indies Company) is the first European to sight Tasmania. He names it Van Diemen’s Land after the governer-general of the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Indonesia). {The original name for Tasmania has been referenced often in popular culture.}

1772 Europeans start to settle Van Diemen’s Land, first the French, then the British.

1825 Van Diemen’s Land becomes a colony on its own right.

1830 “Black Line” campaign to round up Aborigines started. Protector of the aborigines, George Augustus Robinson, attempts to move them to Flinders Isand. While Black Line fails, many Aborigines do move to Flinders Island.

1830 Port Arthur, Australia’s largest penal system, was established.

1836 Charles Darwin visits Tasmania as part of his round-the-world trip.

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